diff --git a/include/bits.c b/include/bits.c
index 2a3ef9a0f..eb7b4ba7a 100644
--- a/include/bits.c
+++ b/include/bits.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 - 1999 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ RCSID("$Id$");
     }								\
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__
+#define __attribute__(x)
+#endif
+
+static void
+try_signed(FILE *f, int len)  __attribute__ ((unused));
+
+static void
+try_unsigned(FILE *f, int len) __attribute__ ((unused));
+
+static int
+print_bt(FILE *f, int flag) __attribute__ ((unused));
+
 static void
 try_signed(FILE *f, int len)
 {